WALTER ENERGY, INC. Bankruptcy Filing
Case Number: 15-02741
WALTER ENERGY, INC. filed a 7 chapter bankruptcy in the Northern District of Alabama bankruptcy court on July 15, 2015. This is a voluntary filing; it was assigned the bankruptcy case number #15-02741.
WALTER ENERGY, INC. Filing Information
WALTER ENERGY, INC., filed for bankruptcy on July 15, 2015, as detailed in case number 15-02741 before Judge Tamara O. Mitchell of the Alabama Northern Court. This marks a significant development for the corporation, which has sought protection under bankruptcy laws to restructure its financial obligations. The Debtor Address listed is 3000 Riverchase Galleria, Suite 1700, Birmingham AL, providing insight into the company's physical location amidst this critical juncture. As a corporation, WALTER ENERGY, INC. will now navigate the complexities of bankruptcy proceedings aimed at achieving a more sustainable financial future. The filing represents an important milestone in the company's journey to resolve its debt and re-emerge stronger.
WALTER ENERGY, INC. indicated on its bankruptcy petition that it does not expect there will be sufficient assets in the estate to make a payment to the unsecured creditors. This is a bad sign for creditors as it implies that no recovery is likely.
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WALTER ENERGY, INC. Docket Header
NOCLOSE, LimitedMatrix, JNTADMN, LEAD, CLMAGT, APPEAL, CONVERTED |
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA (Birmingham)
Bankruptcy Petition #: 15-02741-TOM7
Assigned to: Tamara O Mitchell Chapter 7 Previous chapter 11 Original chapter 11 Voluntary Asset |
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| Debtor New WEI, Inc., et al., Jointly Administered 3000 Riverchase Galleria Suite 1700 Birmingham, AL 35244-2359 JEFFERSON-AL Tax ID / EIN: 13-3429953 aka Walter Industries, Inc. |
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Allan J. Arffa
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 TERMINATED: 07/06/2020 James Blake Bailey Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 1819 Fifth Ave N. Birmingham, AL 35203 205-521-8913 Fax : 205-488-6913 Email: jbailey @ bradley.com Jay R. Bender Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 214 North Tryon Street Suite 3700 Charlotte, NC 28202 704-338-6035 Fax : 704-332-8858 Email: jbender @ bradley.com Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP Jay R. Bender 1819 Fith Ave N Birmingham, AL 35203 Patrick Darby Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP One Federal Place 1819 5th Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 205-521-8000 Fax : 205-488-6332 Email: pdarby @ babc.com TERMINATED: 03/18/2016 Robert N. Kravitz Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 TERMINATED: 07/06/2020 Jayna Partain Lamar Maynard Nexsen PC 1901 6th Avenue North Suite 1700 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-254-1048 Fax : 205-714-6348 Email: jlamar @ maynardnexsen.com Daniel J. Leffell Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 TERMINATED: 07/06/2020 Cathleen C Moore Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 1819 5th Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 (205) 521-8301 Fax : (205) 521-8800 Email: ccmoore @ bradley.com J Leland Murphree Maynard Cooper & Gale, PC 1901 Sixth Ave N Ste 2400 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-254-1000 Email: Lmurphree @ maynardcooper.com Robert Karl Ozols Maynard, Cooper & Gale PC 1901 Sixth Avenue North 2400 Regions/Harbert Plaza Birmingham, AL 35203 205-254-1875 Fax : 205-714-6441 Email: rozols @ maynardcooper.com Dan Youngblut Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019-6064 TERMINATED: 07/06/2020 |
| Trustee Andre' M Toffel Andre' M Toffel, PC 450A Century Park South Suite #206A Birmingham, AL 35226 205 252-7115 |
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Jay R. Bender
(See above for address) Cunningham Bounds LLC Steve Olen 1601 Dauphin Street Mobile, AL 36604 Dentons Sirote PC P O Box 55727 Birmingham, AL 35255-5727 Thomas Benjamin Humphries Christian & Small LLP 505 - 20th Street North Ste 1800 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-250-6600 Email: tbhumphries @ csattorneys.com TERMINATED: 02/05/2024 Jayna Partain Lamar (See above for address) Maynard Cooper & Gale PC Jayna P. Lamar 1901 6th Ave N Ste 2400 Birmingham, AL 35203 Steve Olen Cunningham, Bounds 1601 Dauphin Street P O Box 66705 Mobile, AL 36660 (251) 471-6191 Fax : (251) 479-1031 Email: sco @ cunninghambounds.com Stephen B Porterfield Dentons Sirote, P.C. 2311 Highland Avenue S. Suite 500 Birmingham, AL 35205 205-930-5278 Fax : 205-212-3862 Email: stephen.porterfield @ dentons.com |
| Attorney for Trustee Stephen B. Porterfield Sirote & Permutt PC 2311 Highland Avenue South Birmingham, AL 35205 205-930-5278 |
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Stephen B Porterfield
(See above for address) |
| Attorney for Trustee Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP 1819 Fifth Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203 205-521-8000 |
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| Creditor Committee Mayer Electric Supply Co., Inc. Attn: Mark J. Horn 3405 4th Avenue S Birmingham, AL 35222 |
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| Creditor Committee Cowin & Company, Inc. Attn: John Moore P. O. Box 19009 Birmingham, AL 35219-9009 TERMINATED: 08/28/2015 |
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| Creditor Committee Delaware Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee Attn: Sandra E. Horwitz 2711 Centerville Road Wilmington, DE 19808 |
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| Creditor Committee UMWA 1974 Pension Plan and Trust Attn: David W. Allen 2121 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20037 |
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George N. Davies
QUINN, CONNOR, WEAVER, DAVIES & ROUCO Two North Twentieth Street 2 20th Street North Suite 930 Birmingham, AL 35203 205-870-9989 Fax : 205-803-4143 Email: gdavies @ qcwdr.com Robert Moore Weaver CWA District 3 4100 Perimeter Park S Atlanta, GA 30341 404-296-5553 Email: rweaver @ cwa-union.org |
| Creditor Committee UMB Bank National Association Attn: Mark Flannagan 1010 Grand Blvd. Kansas City, MO 64106 |
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| Creditor Committee United Steelworkers Attn: David R. Jury 60 Boulevard of the Allies, Room 807 Pittsburgh, PA 15222 |
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| Creditor Committee Industrial Mining Supply Inc. Attn: Phillip Bradford 2500 Five Star Parkway Bessemer, AL 35020 TERMINATED: 11/04/2015 |
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Michael E Bybee
Law Office of Michael E. Bybee 2107 5th Avenue N., Ste. 401 I Birmingham, AL 35203 205-252-1622 Email: mbybee1 @ bellsouth.net TERMINATED: 11/04/2015 |
| Creditor Committee Hager Oil Company, Inc. Attn: Philip C. Grace P O Box 1429 Jasper, AL 35502-1429 |
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| Creditor Committee United Mine Workers of America Attn: Grant Crandall 18354 Quantico Gateway Drive, Suite 200 Triangle, VA 22172 |
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Robert Moore Weaver
(See above for address) |
| Creditor Committee Carroll Engineering Co. Attn: Greg Wolfe 227 Industrial Park Dr Harlan, KY 40831 |
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| Creditor Committee Consolidated Pipe & Supply Co., Inc. Attn: Chris Harper 1205 Hilltop Parkway Birmingham, AL 35124 |
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| Creditor Committee Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Attn: Michael Strollo 1200 K St. NW Washington, DC 20005 |
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| Creditor Committee Nelson Brothers LLC Attn: Jason K. Baker 820 Shades Creek Pkwy Ste 2000 Birmingham, AL 35209 |
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| Creditor Committee Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Walter Energy, Inc., et al. |
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Bill D Bensinger
Christian & Small, LLP 1800 Financial Center 505 North 20th Street Birmingham, AL 35203 205-250-6626 Fax : 205-328-7234 Email: bdbensinger @ csattorneys.com Charles L. Kerr MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: ckerr @ mofo.com J. Alexander Lawrence MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: alawrence @ mofo.com Jennifer L. Marines MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: jmarines @ mofo.com Lorenzo Marinuzzi MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: LMarinuzzi @ mofo.com Samantha Martin MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: smartin @ mofo.com Brett Miller MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: brettmiller @ mofo.com Morrison & Foerster LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 James A. Newton MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: jnewton @ mofo.com Erica J. Richards MORRISON &FOERSTER LLP 250 West 55th Street New York, NY 10019-9601 212-468-8000 Fax : 212-468-7900 Email: erichards @ mofo.com Daniel D Sparks Christian & Small LLP 1800 Financial Center 505 North 20th Street Birmingham, AL 35203 205-795-6588 Fax : 205-328-7234 Email: ddsparks @ csattorneys.com |
| Creditor Committee Official Committee of Retired Employees of Walter Energy, Inc. Adams and Reese LLP 1901 6th Avenue North, Suite 3000 Birmingham, AL 35203 United States of America 205-250-5033 |
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Richard Patrick Carmody
1901 6th Avenue North Suite 3000 Birmingham, AL 35203 205 250-5000 Email: richard.carmody @ arlaw.com Landon S. Raiford Jenner & Block LLP 353 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654-3456 312-222-9350 Fax : 312-527-0484 Email: lraiford @ jenner.com Melissa M. Root Jenner & Block LLP 353 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654-3456 312-222-9350 Fax : 312-527-0484 Email: mroot @ jenner.com Charles B. Sklarsky Jenner & Block LLP 353 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654-3456 312-222-9350 Fax : 312-527-0484 Email: csklarsky @ jenner.com Catherine L. Steege Jenner & Block LLP 353 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60654-3456 312-222-9360 Fax : 312-527-0484 Email: csteege @ jenner.com |
| Creditor Committee Adams and Reese LLP Birmingham Regions Harbert Plaza 1901 6th Avenue North Suite 3000 Birmingham, AL 35203 United States of America (205) 250-5000 |
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Richard Patrick Carmody
(See above for address) |
| Creditor Committee Morrison & Foerster LLP |
rep. by | Bill D Bensinger
(See above for address) |